Thomas Hayne Cutbush (1864–1903) was a contemporary suspect for the identity of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, as he was accused by the British press shortly after the 1888 murders.
Thomas Hayne Cutbush was born in 1866 in Kennington, a district about three miles from Whitechapel, and was 22 years old when the murders in London's East End occurred.
During the day, he isolated himself in order to read medical books,[1] and during the nights he wandered around Whitechapel, jumping over the walls of houses in the neighbourhood.
[2] In February 1894, the English newspaper The Sun ran a series of articles accusing Thomas Cutbush of being responsible for the "Jack the Ripper" murders committed in London's East End.
In 1993, author A. P. Wolf made the initial publication with the essay "Jack, the myth: A new look at the Ripper", theorizing that the police covered up the killer's identity.
It is argued that his anonymity as a murderer was achieved thanks to a police conspiracy, interested in not disclosing that the Ripper was a relative of a Scotland Yard Chief.